I have felt for some time that we play far better away from home than at KR. After Friday agaisnt Wigan i think i know why. It seems the expectation of some of our 'Fans' is just unreal. When the hooter went for half time, A load of fans behind me started booing, I could not believe it, I thought it was a great Derby first half. I asked the guy directly behind me what he was booing for to be told we were Sh**e and hadn't even scored. It seems unless we beat teams by 40 every match then the atmosphere is somewhat downbeat and i just wonder if this is getting to the players, I wonder if they all feel under real real pressure all the time to destroy teams.

Away from home is a different story. They seem much more relaxed, focused and skillfull. We have lost 3 this year and 2 of those were at KR. I really do enjoy the away matches far more than the home matches at the moment.

Does anyone else feel the same? Especially the fans who go to all the away matches?

Well the majority of next season will see us AWAY, if we are to play at Widnes RLFC. So thats plenty of win win wins for us.

I agree with that. Once everyone has played them the first time around then coaches and teams will be wise to their tactics and find ways around them. We were getting that way in the second half, if only we'd been able to put our heads on right. Still, we're doing ok in terms of results and we have enough players in each match who have outstanding matches to keep our attack ticking over, albeit with some hiccups near the line sometimes.

Agreed.

We are going to suffer losses on the way though, with the subsequent much gnashing of teeth on here at times as people want to throw the baby out with the bathwater.

In my opinion the match on Friday was won with the coin toss.

Both sides scored 2 tries to none with the wind at their backs. The difference was that Wigan got to do it in the first half, and you can go for your kickable penalties when you're in front.

We were chasing the game second half and that is always more difficult. You don't take 2 points when they're on offer because you feel you need to score tries to drag the game back. You push passes you wouldn't normally push because you see yourself behind on the scoreboard.

It was a good tense derby and could have gone either way. When you look at that game and the Hull KR game, we could easily be at the top of the tree ourselves. No need to panic, we'll be right up there challenging this year.

A coin toss is giving the Monkey People too much credit and us too little criticism.